Ezekiel 23:5
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,
American King James Version (AKJV)
And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,
American Standard Version (ASV)
And Oholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors,
Basic English Translation (BBE)
And Oholah was untrue to me when she was mine; she was full of desire for her lovers, even for the Assyrians, her neighbours,
Webster's Revision
And Aholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbors.
World English Bible
Oholah played the prostitute when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians [her] neighbors,
English Revised Version (ERV)
And Oholah played the harlot when she was mine; and she doted on her lovers, on the Assyrians her neighbours,
Clarke's Ezekiel 23:5 Bible Commentary
And Aholah played the harlot - Without entering into detail here, or following the figures, they both became idolatrous, and received the impure rites of the Egyptians, Assyrians, and Chaldeans, of which connection the prophet speaks here as he did in chap. 16, which see.
In this chapter there are many of what we would call indelicate expressions, because a parallel is run between idolatry and prostitution, and the circumstances of the latter illustrate the peculiarities of the former. In such cases, perhaps, the matter alone was given to the prophet, and he was left to use his own language, and amplify as he saw good. Ezekiel was among the Jews what Juvenal was among the Romans, - a rough reprover of the most abominable vices. They both spoke of things as they found them; stripped vice naked, and scourged it publicly. The original is still more rough than the translation; and surely there is no need of a comment to explain imagery that is but too generally understood. I have said enough on Ezekiel 16, and to that I must refer the reader. It is true that there are a few things here in the shade that might be illustrated by anatomy; and it would not be difficult to do it: but they are not necessary to salvation, and I shall not take off the covering. They were sufficiently understood by those for whose use they were originally designed.
Wesley's Ezekiel 23:5 Bible Commentary
23:5 Played the harlot - United in idolatry, with the Assyrians.Mine - When under my government, and protection.